Adeptus Mechinicus Skitarii

[Cerebralerebus]

I have 500 points of Skitarii in the process of being painted (pics when complete -don't hold your breath). These are based upon Death Korps, though I have integrated the FW servo skulls and elysian rebreather masked heads into the look. The force will follow standard guard list and will revolve around the more "human" elements of the skitarii (in that they won't all look like uber-mechanical techpriests). I plan to bring out the mechanicus elements in the special units. I'm posting here my WIP skitarii sentinel, commanding officer ("Tribune") and psychic battle squad to start. See below (above?) for posts.

[SnakeWind]

This Sentinel is wicked.

[Cerebralerebus]

This is my WIP Tribune and the beginning of a command squad (well, a master vox and some tech annointer which probably go elsewhere in the army).

I intend to add the grav-chute from the elysian weapons drop set, and to have several screens on mechandendrites or servo-arms for him to survey the battlefield. I'll also stick the two servitors and servo skull I have with scroll printers on a 65mm base with the Tribune to take any battlefield orders he may issue.

[Cerebralerebus]

Cheers Snakewind. This is my first thread on warseer, so I wasn't sure whether to just post a link to my Blogspot blog or post pictures and updates for people here. I'll be posting on my blog more regularly I would have thought, but will keep posting here as well.

[Cerebralerebus]

This is the (very) beginning of my psyker battle squad. The orginal concept is based around the Guild Navigator from David Lynch's Dune film (type "dune guild navigator" into Google images if you are unsure). The idea is for this large "aquarium" to hold and distill the souls of unfortunate psykers which the Mechanicus have seized, and use these to channel the energy into a bound psyker. I have drawn a (very poor) concept sketch to convey the imagary and posted below; however, the plans have already moved on slightly and the psyker will no longer float above the machine (I was intending to use the floating FW renegade psyker but I now have plans to use him for my electro-priests, and besides I thought this looked like the psyker had too much freedom and I would rather it looked like the psyker is very much treated as another cog in the machine so to speak).

The completed squad will be on a single base with individual models attending to the machine (blessing, oiling and dragging more condemed men to the arcane contraption).

[Cerebralerebus]

Concept sketch as promised above.

[Cerebralerebus]

Finally (for tonight), here is my WIP sentinel. I am intending for this to have the tau plasma cannons from FW (suitable adapted) on both arms. However, until undercoated my models are all subject to change (and cannibalism - i pinched the servo-arm on which the driver sits from the model I just posted - two steps forward, one step back!) and I'm already considering whether it would look better to keep the blade arms of the blood slaughter and fit the main weapon where the head currently is - possibly using the mount from the defence laser on the new imperial bastion scenery kit. I might to a mock up and post both and get some thoughts.

[SnakeWind]

I will keep an eye on this thread. Without holding my breath that is.

What kind of arms are you going to put on that Sentinel? It will be a heavy beast, maybe more like a walking tank.
Ah, right, you said it.

AdMech Psykers is an idea that has been in my mind for a while also, so I'm curious how that turns out.

[Cerebralerebus]

Rear view with control screen.

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And front view.

[SnakeWind]

And how do you make your Skitarii?

[Cerebralerebus]

The army is based more around the models than playability, hence why I've just sloted this machine in as a sentinel. It will actually be a lot more heavily armed and armoured than a sentinel and maybe more like a light tank.

[SnakeWind]

The army is based more around the models than playability

Spoken like a true AM lover

[Cerebralerebus]

I'll take a picture tomorrow but they are in the process of being painted and don't look as good as I'd like to post (the pictures I've taken before looking too dark since the detail on the head is hard to make out). The bodies are completely death korp grenadier, that way I get the additional armour and cool hot-shot lasguns. The heads are the FW servo-skulls with the bottom jaw and skull eye (the other eye is bionic) removed and replaced with the rebreather and half the visor from the elysian heads. Sounds compolicated and hard to visualise but hopefully it will make sense when I show the picture.

The storm troopers have the upper torso of the FW titan moderati. In order to supe-up the weapons, bearing in mind my standard troopers are modelled with a normal hot-shot pack, I've taken the las cutters from the elysians to really look like they'll pack a punch. These guys will be given an imperial termite for deep striking, which will be based around the drop pod when I get round to it.

[WingsOfTheFalcon]

Great work so far, look forward to seeing the skitarii.

[malika]

Concept sketch as promised above.

Now that's amazing!!!

By the way, I really love the stuff you are doing, very original! Reminds me of Apologist's Adeptus Mechanicus stuff because both of you seem to be thinking outside of the box!

[Dr.Mercury]

Wicked cool stuff!!
I love the "sentinel"

[Frowbakk]

Another Ad Mech blog to loot ideas from... Perfect!

I'm in the process of trading for more bitz, so I'll be able to get started one of these days.

Until then, keep up the good work.

[Whitehorn]

Lovely stuff here, some unique ideas. I'd like to see your SKitarii as mine are also based on Krieg Grenadiers

[Cerebralerebus]

Although I think the robed Skitarii are a good look and fit well with the mechanicus feel of the army I loved the Krieg models too much not to use them and I thought the trench coats would look great in a mechanicus standing army. I also like the idea that the weapons would be high tech and well maintained whereas the armour and clothing would look a little more functional (that said I was tempted by the Elysian armoured torsos). The heads are where the real mechanicus elements come through, with various implants and bionics which give the impression that there is very little in the way of human personality left in the Skitarii. The fact that they would all blatantly be wired up to some Mechanicus network but still have voxes (especially ones which essentially look like loud speakers) just adds to that contradictory nature of the 40K universe, especially as concerns the imperium.